I have a book of ghosts and gods

Chapter 601 Strange (4000 words) (seeking subscription monthly pass)

"Old man! How dare you speak nonsense in front of Mr. Jiang!"

Yu Gong was furious, pointed at him and cursed: "Captain Ben will give you one more chance at last. If you are stubborn again, don't blame Captain Ben for locking you into a big prison and punishing you with death!"

"Wronged! My lord! The little old man is really wronged to death!"

Before Jiang Zhou came, the store manager was already very afraid, and under Yu Gong's intimidation, he could hardly hold on.

But after Jiang Zhou came, he saw Yu Gong was very respectful to Jiang Zhou, and knew that he must have an unusual status.

But in his eyes, Jiang Zhou looked fair and clean, and he seemed to be easy to talk, so he was a little lucky, and kept kowtowing and begging.

For an old man in his 50s to kowtow and plead so hard to a young man, no one would seem to be able to bear it.

If it was before going to the Earth Immortal Cave, Jiang Zhou would do the same.

It's a pity that after this encounter, Jiang Zhou is no longer so easily swayed by appearances.

No matter how much the shopkeeper complained and begged for injustice, he was not moved.

The old god is still there, if not seen.

This is Yu Gong's case. Although the method is a bit rough, it is not out of the ordinary, so it is not easy for him to intervene.

And with his current morality, it is very easy to see the authenticity of an ordinary person, and this person is by no means a kind person.

The shopkeeper begged to no avail, and Yu Gong threatened him from the sidelines, and fear was born in his heart.

As we all know, the most terrifying prison in the world is the prison of Su Jingsi.

Even if it is a large prison for punishment, there are all kinds of frightening tortures, but it is far from being compared with it.

Because everyone knows that the Sujingsi Prison is where many demons and ghosts are imprisoned.

Ordinary people are naturally afraid of demons and the like, and just a single impression is enough to make people tremble with fear.

Yu Gong sneered and said, "What kind of person are you when you are Lord Jiang? How can you be fooled by a villain like you? I advise you to explain everything you know in detail while the captain is still patient. Clearly, if it has nothing to do with you, Captain Ben will naturally not embarrass you, but if you dare to hide and deceive, wait for Captain Ben to find out the truth...hehe!"

Yu Gong sneered, making the shopkeeper's body tremble suddenly.

It's just that when he was still struggling to hold on, a guy behind him suddenly sat down and cried out loudly.

"My lord!"

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you! The little one knows what you're asking! I just ask the adults to forgive me and spare the little one! The little one has explained everything!"

Yu Gong was overjoyed: "Oh? Tell me quickly! Captain Ben Du forgives your innocence!"

The guy didn't care about the sudden change in the shopkeeper's expression, he turned his head and stared at him viciously, and said everything he knew like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.

"That little Zhang Zuo knows that he is the shopkeeper's brother-in-law, and the two of them often drink together."

"Three years ago, he came to look for the shopkeeper, but at that time the shopkeeper avoided all of us and drank with Zhang Zuo in the room,"

"The little one was curious for a while, and secretly listened outside for a while. Zhang Zuozeng took out something. At that time, the little one was afraid that the shopkeeper would find out, so he only dared to take a look through the crack of the door. At that time, he couldn't see clearly, but today he heard what the adults said Say, if you think about it, that thing is indeed a scroll of manuscripts!"

The clerk shouted excitedly: "At that time, the shopkeeper gave Zhang Zuo a sum of money, and since then, I have never seen this person come to the store again."

"You, you...!" The old shopkeeper turned pale, and pointed at the waiter tremblingly.

"Hey hey hey!"

Yu Gong stared at him with a sinister smile: "Old man, what else do you have to say?"

The old shopkeeper's face was dead pale, knowing that he could not escape this disaster.

Unable to hold on any longer, he also sat down paralyzed.

"My lord, it's not that the little old man wants to fight against the lord, it's really that the little old man didn't know it would have such a background. If he knew it was dirty, the little old man wouldn't dare to take it over even if he had the guts!"

"The little old man was confused for a while, and collected the dirt by mistake. He was afraid that the adults would ask him to blame, so he kept concealing it again and again, and dared not say it!"

Yu Gong sneered and said: "Your crime, let's talk about it later, where is the manuscript, and you haven't handed it over yet?"

The old shopkeeper shook his head with a pale face and said: "This is the end of the matter, the little old man dare not lie to the two masters,"

"That thing is a great Confucian manuscript, which is invaluable, and it is precisely because of this that the little old man was so obsessed with it that he took it away,"

"Such a fetish, the little old man naturally has no luck to accept it. He originally wanted to take it and make a lot of money for a laugh. He sold it within a few days after getting it. I really don't know where this thing went."

"You don't cry when you don't see the coffin, do you?"

Yu Gong smiled grimly and waved: "Come on, take this old bastard back to the prison and take good care of him!"

"Yes!"

A demon patrolling guard came out in response, and the old shopkeeper's whole body trembled suddenly, and the yellow and turbid substance slowly seeped out from under his body.

Only then did Jiang Zhou shake his head and said, "Forget it, he didn't lie."

Yu Gong waved back the demon patrolling guard immediately, and said with a smile to Jiang Zhou: "Your Excellency is really kind-hearted. If that's the case, then let this old thing go, old thing, why don't you thank you, Your Excellency?"

The old shopkeeper looked ecstatic and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

Yu Gong sneered and said, "Hmph, don't be too happy too soon. Mr. Jiang has a kind heart, not Lieutenant Ben. You can be spared the crime of death, but you cannot escape the crime of living!"

Jiang Zhou looked at Yu Gong and frightened the old shopkeeper until his face turned pale, and he didn't stop him.

He can see that this guy looks rough, but he is actually very good at it.

This is holding him without any trace.

He will be the good guy, and the bad guy will do it himself.

With his set, I am afraid that most people will be unknowingly cheered by him.

He really deserves to be an old official for many years, and there is no simple one.

Jiang Zhou didn't bother to pay attention to these things, and asked the old shopkeeper, "Apart from the manuscript of the Great Confucianism, is there anything else left by Zhang Zuoke?"

At this time, the old shopkeeper had already been driven to death by Yu Gong's methods, and he didn't dare to hide anything.

Seeing this, he glanced at Jiang Zhou in amazement, then nodded quickly and said: "Yes, yes! There are also some things, which are said to be belongings of the scholar who was asked to be beheaded. Zhang Zuo is very greedy. Li likes to take advantage of small things, "

"The scholar's family background is not bad. Although his belongings are ordinary things, they are still worth some silver taels. He brought them and wants to exchange some money with the little old man."

"Although the little old man is running a small business, he still doesn't accept everything casually, just because he is the little old man's wife and brother, and the little old man took it out of affection and gave him some money. money,"

"Those things are still in the little old man's room, untouched."

Jiang Zhou said: "Go and get it."

"Yes Yes Yes!"

The old shopkeeper hurriedly scrambled and was about to pick it up.

But Yu Gong said: "You stay here! Tell this boy the place and let him pick it up!"

Jiang Zhou knew what he meant and didn't stop him.

The old shopkeeper had no choice but to tell the place where it was stored, and the boy quickly got up and ran to the back compartment.

Not long after, he hurried back with a small wooden box in his arms.

Yu Gong took it close and presented it to Jiang Zhou.

Jiang Zhou opened it and saw that there were indeed some belongings, most of which were jade pendants and jade rings.

The so-called gentleman wears jade, and a gentleman wears a sword.

Scholars, as long as their family background is acceptable, most of them will carry such things with them.

Jiang Zhou caressed these things, he closed the box again, and said to Yu Gong: "Leave this to the brothers below, you follow me."

Yu Gong was startled for a moment, and immediately responded, he ordered a patrolling guard to lead people to deal with the aftermath, and left happily following Jiang Zhou.

……

Soon, Jiang Zhou returned home.

Yu Gong followed in with a smile.

He used to come here quite often, but this time the feeling is completely different.

This place is now the "cave residence" of a third-rank real person.

There are so many high-ranking officials in Jiangdu City, famous scholars and high sages who want to come in and cling to them, but no one can get in, and they don't even have the courage to come to the door. They only dare to send people to send all kinds of expensive gifts to try.

People in the officialdom, I heard that apart from King Xiang and his son, only Captain Yu Gongyu can step here!

Thinking of this, Yu Gong straightened up, with his head held high.

"What are you doing? Does your back hurt?"

Jiang Zhou turned his head and looked at him inexplicably.

"Ah? Oh! That's right, Yu has been busy with errands recently, running around, and his muscles and bones are indeed a little tired!"

Yu Gong immediately rubbed his back.

"..."

Jiang Zhou didn't bother to poke him, so he sat down under the double sala tree and took out the wooden box.

Taking out one of the jade pendants, reciting the incantation silently, the magic power circulated, and a trace of breath that was almost disappearing was captured from it.

Draw a picture in the void, and a round mirror like a bright moon emerges.

As expected of a third-rank real person, it really is a fairy method!
Yu Gong stretched his neck, looking at the picture gradually emerging in the round mirror.

"This... this seems to be the Gongyuan?"

He saw the image inside, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became.

It's just because of the long time, the aura on the jade pendant has become extremely weak, and the image in the round mirror is a bit blurred.

In front of the Gongyuan, a figure appeared, and his face was somewhat blurred.

Jiang Zhou tried his best to use his mana, but he could only make this person's facial expressions vaguely discernible.

"This person, have you seen it?"

"It seems a little familiar..." Yu Gong stretched his neck, squinted his eyes for a long time to recognize, and then clapped his hands suddenly: "That's right!"

"Isn't this kid the one who came to the Sizhong and shouted to see you, sir? It's him! I won't admit my mistake!"

Ji Xuan who was at the side suddenly said: "Young master, I heard that the chief of the Jingke Jing is a woman. This matter has caused a lot of trouble in Jiangdu. There was a great Confucianism in court at the Luming Banquet that day. There should be no fakes."

"But the person in the moon mirror has a knot in his throat, and his bones and texture don't look like a woman's."

"That's right..." Yu Gong was taken aback, scratched his head, and his face was full of doubts: "But that Guo Xia who came to see you at the beginning, looks like this, what's going on?"

Jiang Zhou was not surprised: "There are many identical twin brothers and sisters in this world. That woman has some tricks, trying to hide it from others and pretending to be a man. It's not surprising."

This is not a TV series. By bundling up your breasts and hair, a woman can become a man, and everyone is selectively blind.

That Jingkui was able to hide from the imperial examination must have other means.

But that's not the point right now.

"What is he doing?"

In the moon mirror, this student who looks like "Guo Xia" seems to have just finished the exam.

After coming out of the Gongyuan, he didn't just leave, but kept wandering outside the Gongyuan.

From time to time, he put down the bookcase he was carrying behind him and turned it over and over again, as if he was looking for something.

"What are you looking for?"

Yu Gong stretched his neck longer and longer, wishing he could get into it to see what happened.

Several times in a row, "Guo Xia" seemed to be getting more and more anxious.

Several times, I walked quickly towards the Gongyuan, as if I wanted to go back to it again.

However, the Gongyuan is not only an important place for scientific research, but also a place where the sages and sages of the past dynasties are worshipped.

If it weren't for the grand imperial examination, candidates and students would have the honor of entering it, and idlers should never approach it.

At this time, the scientific examination was over, and it was impossible for him to go back.

I can only walk around in a hurry outside.

The sky was getting darker, until it was getting darker and the dew was heavy, the surroundings were too dark to see, and thick fog was gradually rising.

The person is still unwilling to leave.

It made Jiang Zhou curious too.

What makes him so unable to let go?

Just as Yu Gong scratched his head and ears, there was another change in the moon mirror.

In front of the Gongyuan, the fog gradually thickened.

In the dark night, another figure slowly walked out from the thick fog.

But it was an old man dressed as a scribe.

"Xiangsheng, you have been lingering here for a long time, and you look anxious, but what important things have been left behind?"

"Guo Xia" was already in a state of anxiety, and at this moment he also wanted to find someone to confide in.

When the old scribe asked, he replied: "During the exam today, I mistakenly handed in a book manuscript that I carried with me as an exam paper, and I didn't realize it until I came out!"

"It's fine to fail the exam. At worst, I'll study hard for another three years and come back again. But that manuscript is the most beloved thing in my life, and I must never lose it!"

When Jiang Zhou and the others heard this, they understood.

Yu Gong slapped his head, and said speechlessly, "You idiot! You can't bear to let go of that thing even in the exam. For a manuscript, you don't even want your career!"

This is no small matter.

If someone finds out, let alone take the exam three years later, it is already lucky not to arrest him for questioning.

Jiang Zhou said with a smile: "It's really interesting that he, a scholar, can bring a volume of Confucian manuscripts into the arena under heavy guards and strict barriers."

Yu Gong came to his senses: "Yes, it's impossible."

"The body examination of the Gongyuan is not so simple. Not to mention that the soldiers of the Gongyuan have sharp eyesight and have to pass the test of ghosts and gods. Those ghosts and gods are so evil that they can dig out your previous life."

"And it's still a volume of Confucian manuscripts, how could he bring it in?"

"There must be something strange in this!"

Yu Gong clapped his hands and said nonsense.

Jiang Zhou pointed to Yuejing: "Look first."

At this time, the old scribe seemed to be very surprised, but also a little sympathetic.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "Young student, I am the scribe in this tribute courtyard. If you trust me, I can exchange the manuscript for you."

"Guo Xia" was overjoyed: "So, thank you, old man!"

"Don't be in a hurry."

The old scribe said again: "My family is poor, if I can exchange it for you, you have to give me [-] yuan as a reward."

Although "Guo Xia" has little money in his family, [-] yuan is not a small amount.

It's just that he regards the manuscript as his life, and as long as he can get it back, he is willing even if he loses his fortune, so he agreed.

On the second night, as expected, he took [-] yuan and went to the place agreed with the old scribe.

　I can go home tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)